Improvement in harvesters



J. L. OWENS. Harvester.

No. 222,419. Patented Dec. 9, I879.

Wibzemses dab/ sition.

L y E r'rns PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNL. owmvs, or OAMBRIIA, WISCONSIN.

IM PROVEM ENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,419, dated December9, 1879 application filed December 21, 1877'.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. OWENS, of Oambria, in the county of Columbiaand State following specification and accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of harvester;

Fig. 2, a view of binders table;- Fig. 3, a view of H binders platform;and Figs. 4 and 5, sectional jviews of rake-joint. i

The object of my invention is to provide a harvester which shall, byonesweep of arake, elevateand deliver the grain to the binders, min whichthe rake shall deliver the grain squarely oft the platformt' andy withwhich] the grain may be bound on the machine or delivered in gavels onthe ground; and the invention consists inthe combination of parts, 'aswill be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. LA is the platform, which rises as it recedes fromthe bar B, and

curves or angles, so that: the grain, as it is carried around by therake, is also elevated.-

A post, F, is set on the frame of the machine,

' about which revolves the rake-carrier E, and

to which is attached a cam, L, to raise and lower the rake-arm D. On thecarrier Eis also a stud, G, to which is hinged a rod, H, connectting itwith the rake O bya hinge-stud, I. The rake-arm D is forked at its lowerend, and has holes in which the pin K, attached to the rake 0,1naymove.The stud I is placed over the pin K, so that a reciprocating motion ofthe rod H causes the rake to turn on the pin K.

. Lisa dropping-table having a bearing at M in front of the middle, andhaving a weight, W, to hold it when empty in a horizontal po- A cord isattached, passing to the lever O, by which it may be controlled by the rdriver.

The droppingtable, beingremovable, may be detached, and the platform Pand table Q atcached for the use of the binders. y

r The rake O is attached toth'e armD insuch amanner that when the rakepasses the bar B the rake O is paral-leLwith the bar.

It is desirable that the rake Shana have other motions than the curvingand ascending motions given by the arm D and cam L for use on thisplatform, since the outer end of the rake must have arelatively-downward motion. This motion is "given by the rodH, attachedto the rake-stud I above the bearing-pin K, and to the stud G at adistancefrom the bearing of the rake-arm D, by which, as the rake rises,it is also turned on the pin K.

It is desirable that while the rake strikes the butts of the grain evenwith the barB when it enters the platform, it should, when .it leavesthe platform, have the inner end of the rake in advance, to compensatefor the greater velocity of the outer end and deliver thegavelsquarelyacross the table. To accomplish this the pin K is inclinedhorizontally inward, as shown'in 5, so that the revolving motion l 7given it by the rod H as it passes up the platform will throw the innerend forward; also, 7 the pin K is inclined upward, as shown] in Fig. 4,for the purpose. by the samemot-ion, 1 3

of throwing the bottom of the rake forward,- r

so as to leave the butts of the grain square in every direction: a

It operates as follows The grain being upon the lower front part of theplatform, the rake strikes the butts and carries it spirally upward andbackward, according to the shape of the platform A, and delivers it uponthe binders table Q, where it is bound; or, the dropping table beingattached, the grain falls upon that, a greater part of the weight of thegavel behind the bearin g, when the table drops and the grain slides ,tothe ground. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- 1. The combination, with aplatform running spirally upward and backward, of a rake pivoted to therake-arm upon an axis inclined inwardly and upwardly, substantiallyasandj'or thepurpose specified. 2. The combination, with aplatformy-running spirally upward and backward,of the rake G, pivoted tothe rake-arm upon an axis inclined to the plane of the rake, and thehinged rod H, the several parts constructed and relatively arranged tooperate substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described;t

W'itness'es W. F. SUNDERLAND, NEIL MQFADYEN.

JOHN L. owners, 1

